Celine Dion‘s sister shares an update regarding the singer’s health as she battles with stiff-person syndrome.

Celine Dion‘s sister has shared an update regarding the singer’s health as she battles with stiff-person syndrome.

Last year, the Canadian icon revealed that she was diagnosed with the neurological illness called stiff person syndrome, an extremely rare autoimmune neurological condition that affects one person in a million. Unfortunately, this meant that Dion had postponed and later cancel her 2024 ‘Courage’ tour dates due to her “ongoing health issues.”

Claudette Dion, the “queen of power ballad”‘s sister, opened up about Celine’s condition in an interview with Hello! Canada. Claudette has hailed the singer as a “strong woman”, explaining that she is doing everything she can to get better.

Celine Dion‘s sister shares an update regarding the singer’s health as she battles with stiff-person syndrome.

“It’s an illness we know so little about,” she explained. “There are spasms they’re impossible to control. You know who people often jump up in the night because of a cramp in the leg or the calf? It’s a bit like that but in all muscles. There’s little we can do to support her, to alleviate her pain,” she says of her sister’s symptoms. “She is doing everything to recover. She’s a strong woman.”

Claudette, who is also a singer, added that both family and friends are “crossing their fingers that researchers find a cure for this terrible disease.”

Celine Dion’s sister says there’s ‘little’ anyone can do to ‘alleviate’ the singer’s pain right now

 Despite the best efforts of her physicians and loved ones, Celine Dion is struggling to find relief from the debilitating pain caused by the rare disorder that has kept her from performing over the past year.

“It’s an illness we know so little about,” said Claudette Dion, the sister of the “My Heart Will Go On” singer, who has served as Celine’s spokesperson in recent months. In a recent interview with Hello!, she shared an update on her sister’s stiff-person syndrome, which the Grammy winner was diagnosed with in December, forcing Celine, 55, to step away from performing and has since left the public eye.

And as the pain continues, there’s little her family can do, she said.